Empowered to Proclaim: Fulfilling Jesus' Mission

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"The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all who mourn." [00:35:25]

"Jesus was sent to earth to fulfill the law and the prophets We know Isaiah was a prophet So he came to fulfill everything that was spoken through the prophets about himself In Isaiah it says 'The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he anointed me.' Jesus is saying my father has anointed me to do this My father has called me to this specific purpose to set people free from something they can't see." [00:39:49]

"But more so than that because of Jesus and his baptism when we are baptized we get this same anointing of Jesus because Jesus was sent to proclaim things and he was anointed by the Holy Spirit He sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost to the disciples who there from that point on baptized people for them to receive the Holy Spirit as well." [00:42:06]

"We have a prophet priest king in Jesus Christ who has given us his own anointing because we were chosen by God to offer up ourselves as a spiritual sacrifice 1 Peter chapter 2 verses 9 tells us Peter's words but you are a chosen race a royal priesthood a holy nation a people for God's own possession so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness and into marvelous light." [00:43:00]

"This mission of Jesus this prophecy he's fulfilling is calling people out of the darkness of their sin out of the bondage out of their oppression and calling them into the light of his love and his grace and his mercy And it was freely given for us by his sacrifice There's nothing that I can do in my life There's nothing that you can do in your life to ever work hard enough to earn it." [00:43:48]

"Jesus instructs us to go and make disciples, teaching them to obey all that He commanded. This mission is a lifelong calling to share the hope we have in Christ, extending beyond specific locations or times. We are to run the race set before us with endurance, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith." [00:47:57]

"Preaching is literally declaring the Lord's love and sacrifice Proclaiming is just expressing what he's done for you in your life and how your experience and your walk with the Lord is If you can share your testimony with someone you're proclaiming his goodness If you're able to tell someone about Jesus you're preaching the good news." [00:51:06]

"Therefore since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us let us also lay aside every incumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us fixing our eyes on Jesus the author and perfector of faith who for the joy set before him endured the cross despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." [00:53:48]

"We are anointed and we are also sent And we are anointed and sent to also proclaim the message of the gospel Now the action of proclaiming there's a Greek word here that is keruso which I learned um I don't know on Wednesday and I've been trying to practice it a lot I also remember that there's like a shirt brand that has Caruso on it." [00:56:42]

"Proclamation proclaiming proclamation is the action of proclaim one takes obedience and boldness one that is you have to be in step with the Holy Spirit to properly proclaim because if you're walking out of line with the Lord you're going to put your foot in your mouth and you're going to say some things you didn't need to say." [00:57:50]

"Proclaiming takes conviction and sincerity We should feel a sense of urgency in what we are saying but do it in a loving and kind way where it doesn't sound like we are convicting them The conviction is upon us to share the word The conviction is not to condemn them for what they're doing So it takes conviction of the Holy Spirit within us to make us bold and obedient." [00:59:19]

"Let us be anointed Let us remember to be sent And let us be bold in our proclamation of the Lord and the good news that we have Pray with me Heavenly Father I thank you so much for this time that we get to remember that you have anointed us and you have called us each by name to be a part of your family that you chose us before the foundations of the world were even laid." [01:02:25]

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